Fantasy & science fiction

Faith fled her compound one wintry night with four other genetically modified women. Glory, Honor, Charity, and Hope have all found men who adore them. Faith is happy for her sisters, but it's lonely on her own. A man piqued her interest, but she ran the probabilities, and the odds of him ever being interested in her are thin. Tough and forbidding, Reginald was a field surgeon in the Middle East. He eats and breathes medicine. Besides, he's married to the CIA. No wives in his past. Faith hacked into the personnel database to check.Reginald Thomas agreed to run the CIA's infirmary after a bullet nailed him in Afghanistan. He's one of a handful of scientists who produced the original batches of genetically modified humans, and he's laid low since their rebellion. The catastrophe rankles, but he hasn't given up finding a fix for their genome problems.A permanent bachelor for a host of feeble reasons, he's substituted immersion in medicine and science for a personal life. Easier that way. And a whole lot cleaner. The status quo might be sterile, but at least it's trouble free. When Faith catches his eye, he fights his attraction to her, but it's a losing battle. Loving her fulfills him, and he can't walk away. What will happen if she discovers he helped create those like her? In a radical departure from his normal forthright manner, he buries that fact deep. If she never finds out, it can't ever come back to bite him.

Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For is a Young Adult time-slip novel about an emotionally wounded, fourteen-year-old foster girl who runs away not knowing she’s a witch. ‘It’s a rollercoaster plot with gorgeous historical detail and fabulous characters…Magical.’ The Sun, London.Rachel (who prefers the nickname Raya) leaves her bland existence in a small village for the excitement of life on her own in London. But it turns out not only is she a witch, she also has this annoying ability to time travel, by accident. After the other kid at her last foster placement, the eleven-year-old Jake secretly follows her to London, she inadvertently flings herself back to the 1645 English Essex Witch Trials, along with a sarcastic witch's cat, Oscar. They are soon recognised as too different and thrown into prison for ‘witchcrafte’ by the notorious Matthew Hopkins, Witchfinder General, along with other historic victims.Raya’s social worker and witch mentor Bryony goes back to try to save them from the gallows. But returning to present day London remains out of reach. With Raya’s powers still out of control they find themselves in 1645 Istanbul/Constantinople. There, life is more amazing than she ever dreamed. Can she stay? And at what cost?

William Morris His fascination with ancient Germanic and Norse people dominated his writings, the first to be set in an entirely invented fantasy world and which helped to establish the fantasy genre. The House of Wolfings, it tells the story of how Thiodolf and his clan - the Wolfings - fight and vanquish the Roman invaders. The book is built with Morris' knowledge of the historical period and his own idealistic views, which allow him to combine facts and mythical elements. Thiodolf is protected by a dwarfish coat of mail, given to him by his lover Wood Sun, herself one of the Vala, the immortals. But things are not what they seem and what is meant to protect him, is also a curse... In a letter, Tolkien referred to The Lord of the Rings when he wrote, "The Dead Marshes and the approaches to the Morannon owe something to Northern France after the Battle of the Somme. They owe more to William Morris and his Huns and Romans, as in The House of the Wolfings or The Roots of the Mountains."

George R.R. Martin drew on Tolkien, who was inspired by Medieval epics and Norse mythology. This collection of epic fantasy tales explores the themes of good vs evil, the low-born hero, and the arrogant overlord, and laces them with a taste of sorcery that reaches back to the early sources, and stirs them in with the brand new storytellers of today

Disease and a new race of supernatural beings have nearly wiped out mankind, and two survivors are on the hunt for an oasis called Tomato Heaven.

Iroha's setting into her new life after moving to Mikazuki Manor. Some suspicious mail arrives for her, offering to save the girl captured by the ¿depths of loneliness¿?!

Two months have passed since the nefarious events surrounding the latest Nine School Competition, and its cerebral counterpart, the Thesis Competition, is fast approaching. Helping out First High with the event, Tatsuya will surely have his work cut out for him even if everything goes according to plan. Of course, nothing ever does, which might explain the letter from Maya Yotsuba containing a curious request: to assist in the capture of Gongjin Zhou, one of the masterminds behind the recent Parasidoll incident. Tatsuya and Miyuki depart for Kyoto, where they'll have to keep their wits about them to safely navigate the hidden schemes and shadowy conflicts that lurk just beneath the surface of the ancient capital!

One man's journey for vengeance-and the battle that will determine the fate of the empire-comes to a close!As the final battle between the Imperial Army and Glenn,s forces intensifies, Köinzell and Ichfeis take advantage of the chaos to approach the floating fortress where Glenn awaits. The pair of past and present Blatt Meisters is prepared to cut down any who stand in their way, starting with Dragongrave Ischüdien! At last, Köinzell will confront his betrayer, the "hero" who has achieved prominence and power at others, expense. Will Glenn win the day-and the Empire-or will Köinzell have his ultimate revenge?An epic fantasy on the grandest of scales!

Award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky's Made Things is dark fantasy tale of how the most unlikely characters may become the most heroic. Making friends has never been so important.Welcome to Fountains Parish--a cesspit of trade and crime, where ambition curls up to die and desperation grows on its cobbled streets like mold on week-old bread. Coppelia is a street thief, a trickster, a low-level con artist. But she has something other thieves don't... tiny puppet-like companions: some made of wood, some of metal. They don't entirely trust her, and she doesn't entirely understand them, but their partnership mostly works.After a surprising discovery shakes their world to the core, Coppelia and her friends must re-examine everything they thought they knew about their world, while attempting to save their city from a seemingly impossible new threat.

This apocalyptic tale by the author of Frankenstein envisions a future world devastated by plague. Misunderstood by contemporary readers, Mary Shelley's 1826 precursor to the science fiction novel has reemerged to critical acclaim.

July 2096. A new year means a new summer, anda new summer means another Nine-School Competition. Just to spice things up, theparticipants were informed only weeks before the event that there are somemassive rule changes! While everyone''s running around trying to figure out whatthey should do, Tatsuya hears rumors that another plot might be brewing aroundthis year''s competition. As the shadows rise for the second year in a row...letthe games begin!

A grudge match kicks off between GoblinSlayer and the Goblin Champion, hungry for revenge. But without the aid of fire,water, or poison, what kind of secret weapon will Goblin Slayer use against hismortal foes this time? Will the great mystery of the ruins beneath Water Town besolved once and for all...?

He does not let anyone roll thedice.Sword Maiden requests GoblinSlayer and his party to escort her to the royal capital as rumor has it thatpacks of wolf-mounted goblins inhabit the route there. However, there arewhispers of an ill omen within the capital; then, whether by fate or by chance,the party arrives at a massive, eerie abyss known as the Dungeon of theDead...

From the author of To Kill a Kingdom comes the first in a spectacular fantasy duology, in a world thriving with black magic.

In search of the lost art of rune crafting,Ainz journeys to the land of the dwarves. Accompanied by Aura and Shalltear, hearrives only to find that the Dwarven Kingdom is beset by an invasion run bysomeone besides himself! He soon strikes a deal to obtain the secrets behind themaking of runes in return for assisting the natives in reclaiming their capital,but it may not be so easy when a legendary frost dragon stands in hisway!

Sid wants to be a shadowbrokerÐthose who control everything from behind the scenesÐmore than anything! He trains in secret every single night, preparing for his eventual rise to power-only to denied his destiny by a run-of-the-mill, yet deadly, traffic accident. But when he wakes up in a another world and suddenly finds himself at the head of an actual secret organization doing battle with evil in the shadows, he'll finally get a chance to act out all of his delusional fantasies!fantasies!

In the blasted, radiation-scorched, wastelands of the Earth's surface, towering mecha do battle, defending the interests of one of the few remaining arcology governments, providing security for wilderness outposts, or seeking out loot and supplies as a mercenary company. With detailed rules for designing and customizing your mecha, from size and propulsion type to payload and pilot skills, and a campaign system that allows pilots to gain experience and skills as they patrol the shattered Earth, Gamma Wolves is a fast-playing game of post-apocalyptic mecha warfare.

Ginnungagap, the Gaping Abyss, was once what separated the realms of Ice and Fire, keeping them in balance and sparing the other realms from their ravages. With the Nine Realms shattered, however, Ginnungagap has been left unguarded and unspeakable horrors now await those who wish to cross it. Ragnarok: The Abyss includes new scenarios for Ragnarok as well as new monsters to vanquish in glorious battle. New mechanics introduce something once barely recognised by war clans - Fear - and present entirely new challenges for them to overcome in the telling of their sagas.

What happens when the internet comes alive? An SF thriller of terrifying possibilities.

"Author's note: The events in this novel take place between the Firefly TV series and the movie Serenity."

Evil and hope clash and burn in the epic and shocking conclusion to the Shadow of the Fox trilogy. 'One of my all-time favourite fantasy novels!' Ellen Oh, author of the Prophecy and Spirit Hunters series, on Shadow of the Fox

Stuck on the 27th floor with no way out, Lilly and the rest of the party are forced to endure an "adventure" that has been thrust upon them in the sudden absence of their leader. Meanwhile, Bell and Lyu have found themselves on the 37th floor after becoming separated from the others. Alone, without support, and unsure of what to do, will they be able to make it out alive of the deepest floor Bell has ever set foot in?

Levy explores the visions of the writers, futurists and far-sighted inventors of science fiction - and how their visions became reality.

Imagine Mark Zuckerburg created his own army of tech obsessed teens and directed them to take on the government? Well, welcome to the world of THUMBS! Adrian Camus is a rock star tech designer who's recruited kids like THUMBS to turn their experience playing his video games into real life warfare. Opposing them, is the Power, a group of politicians and advocates wanting to take tech away from the people and return to simpler times. Heartfelt, action packed and forward thinking it is the next hit from the team that brought you the smash hit THE FEW. Collects THUMBS issues 1 through 5.